Stranger in US All [Import]

Blackmore's Night, Rainbow, Blackmore's Rainbow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00000E19F
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rainbow is Back, June 27, 1998

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[e-mail] (Somewhere In Time) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stranger in Us All (Audio CD)

Rainbow's first release since the early 80s, Stranger In Us All treads familiar territory and explores all new depths at the same time. Ritchie Blackmore shows off just how well he can play that acoustic guitar on the epic "Black Masquerade" and then cranks out the Strat for a rousing heavy metal version of "Hall of the Mountain King". The ballad-ish song "Ariel" has a mystical feel to it that is quite original. Vocalist Doogie White is a capable singer, sounding like a cross between ex-Rainbow singers Joe Lynn Turner and Dio, and Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing is top notch. A must for any metal fan.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Rainbow Album after ...Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, May 12, 2000

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Faisal Khalid (Pakistan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stranger in Us All (Audio CD)

In my view Ritchie did the best thing by leaving Deep Purple, He has shown in this album that he still has got a whole lot of metal energy left in him, he has also proved his lyrical excellence, his mystic riffs are gut stirring and spell bounding. Doogie White is an excellent discovery in this youth and experience Rainbow lineup. Each track on this album is a master piece, Insatiable, Black Masquerade & Still I'm Sad are my favourate though you cannot seperate the rest as they are right up there too, I must say that each and every minute on this album is worth every penny you have spent.In my rating this album is hungry to be hunted by all those Ritchie Blackmore's Fans.This resurrection of Blackmore's Rainbow is one of the best things to happen to metal in a decade...Blackmore is a wizard who has casted a magic spell with his pinky. I am proud to own and review this excellent Rainbow album that will stand the test of time...and will always stir the Stranger In Us all...Bravo Blackmore & the Band

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blackmore = no stranger to great guitar playing, December 18, 2005

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Purplemaniac (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stranger in Us All (Audio CD)

I recently revisited this album after not listening to it for a couple of years. Wow! This features some of Ritchie Blackmore's best electric guitar playing in years. Blackmore really lets loose and puts on a clinic in the melodic hard rock style of guitar playing. The album is liberally peppered with great solos. And the vocalist, Doogie White, has a voice that is perfectly suited to this style of music. In fact, he sounds like a cross between two of Rainbow's previous vocalists, Ronnie James Dio and Joe Lynn Turner. But this is not a perfect album by any means. The drumming is so stiff and wooden that it sounds more like a fake synthesized programmed drum machine than a real human playing, and the lyrics too often are too immature, hokey and lame for my taste. But alas, great rock and roll isn't about lyrics. It is about music that is driving, high charged and exciting and about spine-chiling guitar solos. This album more than passes the muster in this regard. Best cuts include "Wolf to the Moon" which has become one of my all-time favorite Rainbow songs, and an absolutely insane version of "Hall of the Mountain King." If you can overlook the stiff, wooden drumming and childish lyrics, you will truly appreciate this great show of Blackmore's distinctive style of electric guitar playing.